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GroupThe 361st Fighter Group was the last P-47 Thunderbolt Group to join the Eighth Air Force. Between 21 January 1944 and 20 April 1945, the Group flew 441 missions, the majority in an escort role in support of bombers flying over occupied Europe. The...

Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 361st Fighter GroupAssigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Flying P-47D 42-8604, was forced to abort because of a 'runaway' propeller, shortly after taking off for an escort mission 5-Mar-44. While returning to base in a low overcast, his aircraft crashed and exploded near...

Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 361st Fighter GroupAssigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Cited for his participation in strafing, dive-bombing, and bomber escort missions supporting the Allied advance in France. In P-51D 44-13652 broke up as a result of structural failure during a training mission and...

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)